Downfall to being a server, when times are good they are good but when times are bad they are absolutely horrible. What I mean is that this weekend was horrible when it came to making money.
All I hear from the other servers is October is one of the slowest months and that they always plan for it. In my situation I was unable to plan on it due to moving down here in May and not knowing what to expect.
It's hard when you make $4 something an hour and you have to depend on the tips to pay your bills/live your life, let alone having to eat!!!
Upside though, I did have a few amazing customers come in that actually did tip me pretty well. Saturday I had these 3 guys come in and sit at my table from 4pm to 11pm. They barely ate, drank a lot, and watched the football game. They were so easy to take care of. They were getting pretty dunk and we have the obligation to cut them off. I told them what I had to do and usually people are not so nice about it and they get pretty mad if you tell them no. This group of guys actually were truly amazing and understood. On top of being great customers, they tipped me $55 on $130 dollar tab!! They wrote on their credit card slip "Sorry we got kicked out, but your great".
Little things like that makes being a server enjoyable. They had a good time and I made good money, it worked out in both our favors.
I didn't know Applebees could cut people off until a couple months ago, I go there often and usually my friends drink quite a bit but they had never been cut off, except for time and only after two drinks which I thought was a little crazy but better to cut them off before they got out of line.
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